East Beirut

I do not know why I remember the Lebanese film "West Beirut" when I saw the breaking news about the huge blast in the "East Beirut" area where a MP from the "Phalanges" was killed among other people

A huge blast rocked the vital area which is a populated Christian area in Beirut ,I could not believe the damage size they showed in TV whether from the cars or the buildings

The victim that time is the MP of Phalanges Maronite Antoine Ghanem,who was badly injured and died in the way to a hospital near by the area , already I do not know how he could live after that blast if he was its target in the first place , if the windows and buildings were shattered and other neighborhood heard the blast  miles away!!!

Other 4 people were killed and as reported 20 people injured in the blast , of course I believe the number of the injured may be more than this because most of the cars in the scene were on fire when the TV channels aired the blast on air

Already the street is considered a vital cross road that reaches and connects several area in Beirut whether West Beirut or the Southern Suburb , it is very populated during the time of the blast near afternoon when people return from their work to their homes

It is so terrible indeed all those innocent people

It comes in  a very critical time , the presidential elections are just on the doors and Berry's initiative to postpone the demand of a national unity cabinet until the parliament would agree on the President is accepting the approval of the different sects

A striking time

As usual the leaders of the 14th of February Jonbalt and Geagea issued a warning before the incident that a terrorist attack would take place !!  this prediction is strange

The victim was from the Phalanges and as far as I know he was from the moderate members who had good relations with other parties from the opposition , he is not radical as other 14th of February in other words I think he is a loss more to the opposition than 14th of February

The area that was rocked by the blast is a Christian populated area most people there are from the Phalanges supporters , already that area of "San El-Phil" had one hell of history in the Lebanese civil war , it seems that someone wanted the neighborhood to remember these black days

From the size of the impact I believe it was one huge car or SUV full of explosives , not just a car , a big car , a SUV , it was a remote bombing they used a remote control just like in the previous terrorist acts

Today the Maronite Cardinals had their meeting today to discuss the Berry's initiative and they agreed on supporting it saying that boycotting the Presidential elections was just like boycotting the nation

A perfect timing

This is the first attack after the assassination of hardcore 14th of Feb Sunni Walid Eido from few months

This blast comes at the same time the reports and even the President warned the rate of arming is increasing in Lebanon and here they do not mean  the arms of Hezbollah , by they mean the arms of other groups , dangerous groups , in which I believe the Lebanese forces are among them

I think some want the Christians in Lebanon especially the Phalanges to be provoked enough to start a war against the other sects

I feel so sad again for those innocent people who died,injured and had their cars and shops destroyed for no freaking good reason

N.B : I do not like the western media definition of Ghanam as anti-Syrian as if that was only thing he did in his life to be against the Syrians

Images Source: Getty 

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